5 may 2015
Israeli Supreme Court adjourned on Tuesday the trial of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Islamic MP's on Jerusalem to an unreleased date.
Local sources said the trial session was held at 9 a.m. and lasted until noon on Tuesday.
The court decided to postpone a ruling on withdrawing the ID cards of and deporting the Jerusalemite MP's: Mohammad Abu Tair, Mohammad Totah, Ahmad Attoun, and the former minister in Hamas government Khaled Abu Arafah.
The Israeli forces arrested the MP's along with the former minister after they were elected in 2006. Three years ago, the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) issued an order to deport them all to the occupied West Bank after being released.
Local sources said the trial session was held at 9 a.m. and lasted until noon on Tuesday.
The court decided to postpone a ruling on withdrawing the ID cards of and deporting the Jerusalemite MP's: Mohammad Abu Tair, Mohammad Totah, Ahmad Attoun, and the former minister in Hamas government Khaled Abu Arafah.
The Israeli forces arrested the MP's along with the former minister after they were elected in 2006. Three years ago, the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) issued an order to deport them all to the occupied West Bank after being released.
Israeli forces raided Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank on Tuesday morning. 17 Palestinians were arrested.
Eyewitnesses revealed that two Israeli police patrols escorted by Israeli Special Forces raided al-Tour neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem and stationed near one of the Palestinian houses taken over by settlers a few years ago.
Israeli forces were provocatively stopping the passing cars. One Israeli police car was stationed in the main road junction in al-Tour neighborhood for issuing traffic offences against Palestinians, the eyewitnesses said.
"This disrupted the traffic especially that the concrete cubes which were put by Israeli forces one week ago were still in their places," they added.
In a similar context, the Israeli forces raided at dawn on Tuesday West Bank cities and towns and arrested 17 Palestinians including 4 teachers.
Hebrew sources revealed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up a number of Palestinians for resistance actions against the Israeli occupation.
In Nablus, the IOF launched search and raid campaigns into the houses of Palestinians and arrested 6 men including four teachers and one university student.
Local sources said that an Israeli infantry unit escorted by military vehicles surrounded a house, in Tel town near Nablus city, broke into it, searched it and arrested a man works as a teacher. He was taken to an unknown destination, the sources added.
The forces also arrested an ex-detainee in Israeli jails, from Baita town to the south of Nablus. He was released just four months ago. He was arrested after storming his house. He works as a teacher as well.
The Israeli forces detained two other teachers from Aqraba and Qabalan towns in addition to a university student in Salem town to the east of Nablus.
The town council of Ureef Town, near Nablus, revealed that an Israeli force unit launched search campaigns in the houses of Shehadeh family in the town. The soldiers questioned the family members and destroyed their properties. No arrests were reported.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the Israeli forces built a military barrier in al-Bathan village to the north of Nablus city. The soldiers stopped Palestinians’ cars and checked the IDs of the people inside.
In al-Khalil, Palestinian security sources revealed that an Israeli force unit stormed several neighborhoods in the city in addition to the Old City and both towns of Yatta and Ithna. The soldiers searched and wreaked havoc in the houses.
The IOF also arrested two brothers in Jenin refugee camp after storming and wreaking havoc in their houses.
Eyewitnesses revealed that two Israeli police patrols escorted by Israeli Special Forces raided al-Tour neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem and stationed near one of the Palestinian houses taken over by settlers a few years ago.
Israeli forces were provocatively stopping the passing cars. One Israeli police car was stationed in the main road junction in al-Tour neighborhood for issuing traffic offences against Palestinians, the eyewitnesses said.
"This disrupted the traffic especially that the concrete cubes which were put by Israeli forces one week ago were still in their places," they added.
In a similar context, the Israeli forces raided at dawn on Tuesday West Bank cities and towns and arrested 17 Palestinians including 4 teachers.
Hebrew sources revealed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up a number of Palestinians for resistance actions against the Israeli occupation.
In Nablus, the IOF launched search and raid campaigns into the houses of Palestinians and arrested 6 men including four teachers and one university student.
Local sources said that an Israeli infantry unit escorted by military vehicles surrounded a house, in Tel town near Nablus city, broke into it, searched it and arrested a man works as a teacher. He was taken to an unknown destination, the sources added.
The forces also arrested an ex-detainee in Israeli jails, from Baita town to the south of Nablus. He was released just four months ago. He was arrested after storming his house. He works as a teacher as well.
The Israeli forces detained two other teachers from Aqraba and Qabalan towns in addition to a university student in Salem town to the east of Nablus.
The town council of Ureef Town, near Nablus, revealed that an Israeli force unit launched search campaigns in the houses of Shehadeh family in the town. The soldiers questioned the family members and destroyed their properties. No arrests were reported.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the Israeli forces built a military barrier in al-Bathan village to the north of Nablus city. The soldiers stopped Palestinians’ cars and checked the IDs of the people inside.
In al-Khalil, Palestinian security sources revealed that an Israeli force unit stormed several neighborhoods in the city in addition to the Old City and both towns of Yatta and Ithna. The soldiers searched and wreaked havoc in the houses.
The IOF also arrested two brothers in Jenin refugee camp after storming and wreaking havoc in their houses.
Israeli police assaulted and detained three Palestinian women from Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday, on the same day as an Israeli court granted permission to Jewish rightist Yehuda Glick to visit the compound once a month.
Witnesses told Ma'an that the three women were detained when a group of Jewish rightists entered the compound. Israeli police reportedly removed the veil from one woman's face and "dragged" her from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to the Chain Gate police station, while the two other women were detained while leaving the compound through the Hatta Gate.
The three detainees were identified as Dania Fadel, Fatena Hussein and Maali Siyam. Witnesses added that other Palestinian women were assaulted by Israeli police during the Jewish rightists' tour through the compound.
They also reportedly assaulted Al-Aqsa Mosque guards who attempted to prevent them from assaulting and detaining the women. An Israeli police spokesperson said that three women had been detained for "screaming and shouting 'Allahu Akbar'" and "disturbing the peace" during a group visit to the compound.
He said he did not know who the group were.The arrests came on the same day as the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court allowed Jewish right-wing activist Yehuda Glick to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque compound once a month, ending his barring from the site since August last year.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israeli police will be responsible for coordinating Glick's visits, which will take place "accompanied by one person who does not have a criminal past," and without a camera or telephone.
The right-wing Jewish activist came to prominence for leading groups of rightists into the mosque compound to worship, in contravention of an agreement between Israel and the Islamic endowment since 1967 that prohibits non-Muslim prayer in the compound.
Glick was barred from the compound in August last year after he attacked a 67-year-old Palestinian woman, Ziva Badarna.Afterwards, in October, the right-wing activist survived an assassination attempt when he was shot and critically injured by a Palestinian during an East Jerusalem rally near the compound.
Although he then declared that he would not be prevented from visiting the Al-Aqsa compound by anyone, an Israeli court upheld the ban on the basis that Glick’s presence was liable to cause disorderly conduct and constituted a danger to the public.
However, a judge on Tuesday said: "It hasn't been proven to me that this is a clear and present danger," Haaretz reported.
The third holiest site in Islam, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. Under the 1967 agreement between Israel and the Islamic endowment, the compound is limited to Muslim worship, while Jews can pray at the neighboring Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple.
However, Israeli forces regularly escort Jewish visitors to Al-Aqsa, leading to anger among Muslim worshipers.
Witnesses told Ma'an that the three women were detained when a group of Jewish rightists entered the compound. Israeli police reportedly removed the veil from one woman's face and "dragged" her from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to the Chain Gate police station, while the two other women were detained while leaving the compound through the Hatta Gate.
The three detainees were identified as Dania Fadel, Fatena Hussein and Maali Siyam. Witnesses added that other Palestinian women were assaulted by Israeli police during the Jewish rightists' tour through the compound.
They also reportedly assaulted Al-Aqsa Mosque guards who attempted to prevent them from assaulting and detaining the women. An Israeli police spokesperson said that three women had been detained for "screaming and shouting 'Allahu Akbar'" and "disturbing the peace" during a group visit to the compound.
He said he did not know who the group were.The arrests came on the same day as the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court allowed Jewish right-wing activist Yehuda Glick to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque compound once a month, ending his barring from the site since August last year.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israeli police will be responsible for coordinating Glick's visits, which will take place "accompanied by one person who does not have a criminal past," and without a camera or telephone.
The right-wing Jewish activist came to prominence for leading groups of rightists into the mosque compound to worship, in contravention of an agreement between Israel and the Islamic endowment since 1967 that prohibits non-Muslim prayer in the compound.
Glick was barred from the compound in August last year after he attacked a 67-year-old Palestinian woman, Ziva Badarna.Afterwards, in October, the right-wing activist survived an assassination attempt when he was shot and critically injured by a Palestinian during an East Jerusalem rally near the compound.
Although he then declared that he would not be prevented from visiting the Al-Aqsa compound by anyone, an Israeli court upheld the ban on the basis that Glick’s presence was liable to cause disorderly conduct and constituted a danger to the public.
However, a judge on Tuesday said: "It hasn't been proven to me that this is a clear and present danger," Haaretz reported.
The third holiest site in Islam, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. Under the 1967 agreement between Israel and the Islamic endowment, the compound is limited to Muslim worship, while Jews can pray at the neighboring Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple.
However, Israeli forces regularly escort Jewish visitors to Al-Aqsa, leading to anger among Muslim worshipers.
Five Palestinian women in HaSharon prison were sent into solitary confinement on Tuesday, a prisoners' rights group said.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society identified the prisoners as Nahil Abu Eisha, Ihsan Dababseh, Haniyyeh Nasser, Shireen al-Issawi and Yasmin Shaaban.
A PPS lawyer who visited the prisoners said that they had been sent into confinement following a dispute that broke out between the prisoners and prison authorities.
He said that the five prisoners had recently been banned from receiving visits for a period of one month after they raised a Palestinian flag in the prison yard.
As of February this year there were 22 Palestinian women in Israeli prisons, according to rights group Addameer. In March, Addameer issued a statement marking International Women's Day, in which they noted: "In direct violation of international law... Palestinian women living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are generally held in prisons outside of the occupied territories, mainly in HaSharon Prison."
The statement said: "Throughout the process of their detainment, from the moment of the arrest until their release, these women are subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, torture, and psychological abuse."They have suffered ill treatment at the hands of Israeli forces, including gender-based violence, physical and verbal assault, and degrading strip searches used as a punitive measure. "There are currently a total of about 6,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society identified the prisoners as Nahil Abu Eisha, Ihsan Dababseh, Haniyyeh Nasser, Shireen al-Issawi and Yasmin Shaaban.
A PPS lawyer who visited the prisoners said that they had been sent into confinement following a dispute that broke out between the prisoners and prison authorities.
He said that the five prisoners had recently been banned from receiving visits for a period of one month after they raised a Palestinian flag in the prison yard.
As of February this year there were 22 Palestinian women in Israeli prisons, according to rights group Addameer. In March, Addameer issued a statement marking International Women's Day, in which they noted: "In direct violation of international law... Palestinian women living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are generally held in prisons outside of the occupied territories, mainly in HaSharon Prison."
The statement said: "Throughout the process of their detainment, from the moment of the arrest until their release, these women are subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, torture, and psychological abuse."They have suffered ill treatment at the hands of Israeli forces, including gender-based violence, physical and verbal assault, and degrading strip searches used as a punitive measure. "There are currently a total of about 6,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
Malik Khatib from Kafr Kanna suspected of transferring funds from Hamas militants in Gaza to the West Bank and driving Palestinians from Gaza to Israel.
An indictment was filed Tuesday morning in the Nazareth District Court against Malik Khatib, 31, a dentist from the village of Kafr Kanna in northern Israel on suspicion he made contact with a Hamas agent and transferred funds to Hamas in Ramallah. He was also charged with illegal transportation and fraud under the Income Tax Ordinance.
At his court hearing Tuesday, Khatib said: "I have no connection to Hamas, I have no connection to any of the allegations - everything is a lie. I had no contact with Hamas. I don't know how they came up with these things."
The defense establishment said that it warned Khatib against carrying out such activity a few weeks before his arrest. Khatib's attorney said he denies the allegations and claimed that the transferred funds were for residents of the West Bank who worked in Israel.
Khatib was arrested in the beginning of April and was interrogated by the Shin Bet and the northern Central Command unit. Intelligence information led security officials to believe that the dentist had been systematically transferring funds under the direction of a Hamas militant in Gaza who wanted large funds transferred to Hamas operatives operating in the West Bank. Khatib was arrested as he was making his way to the West Bank allegedly in order to transfer funds to Hamas members near Ramallah.
He was carrying 170 thousand shekels at the time he was arrested. The Shin Bet claims that during his interrogation, Khatib admitted that he transferred funds from Gaza to the West Bank with orders from a Hamas militant in Gaza, who was in charge of the coordination of transferring the funds. The Shin Bet also said that during his interrogation the dentist admitted to getting paid to drive Palestinians, who did not have permits, from Gaza to Israel on a daily basis. Khatib's attorney says he denies these claims.
According to the indictment, a Hamas member named Samir Turk, but known as "Abu Faruq," instructed Khatib how to transfer funds from Gaza to the West Bank. The indictment also noted that Turk is a known money man in the Gaza Strip who works on behalf of Hamas.
It was written in the indictment: "In light of the restriction of funding transfers from Israel to the Gaza Strip and vice versa, Hamas has used a tactic by which it uses Israeli citizens to transfer funds from Israel to the West Bank. Among other things, the Israelis would pick up funds from undocumented immigrants working in Israel and transfer them to Hamas members in the West Bank."
The indictment also shed light on how the funding was used. Hamas would reportedly determine how much of the funding would be transferred to the terror organization and how much would be given to families of illegal immigrants living in Gaza.
Khatib reportedly transferred funds on five occasions to various sources, all on Hamas orders and by phone contact with Turk. The indictment further states that Khatib would get a 1000 shekel commission for every transfer.
Jamil Khatib, Malik's father, said: "This is an inflated file. My son is a successful dentist and everyone knows him. He just transferred money to the families in the Weset Bank of people who work in Israel and not to Hamas. It is true the police warned him and asked him not to continue transferring funds to the West Bank, but he continued to do so because he was sure he was not breaking the law."
An indictment was filed Tuesday morning in the Nazareth District Court against Malik Khatib, 31, a dentist from the village of Kafr Kanna in northern Israel on suspicion he made contact with a Hamas agent and transferred funds to Hamas in Ramallah. He was also charged with illegal transportation and fraud under the Income Tax Ordinance.
At his court hearing Tuesday, Khatib said: "I have no connection to Hamas, I have no connection to any of the allegations - everything is a lie. I had no contact with Hamas. I don't know how they came up with these things."
The defense establishment said that it warned Khatib against carrying out such activity a few weeks before his arrest. Khatib's attorney said he denies the allegations and claimed that the transferred funds were for residents of the West Bank who worked in Israel.
Khatib was arrested in the beginning of April and was interrogated by the Shin Bet and the northern Central Command unit. Intelligence information led security officials to believe that the dentist had been systematically transferring funds under the direction of a Hamas militant in Gaza who wanted large funds transferred to Hamas operatives operating in the West Bank. Khatib was arrested as he was making his way to the West Bank allegedly in order to transfer funds to Hamas members near Ramallah.
He was carrying 170 thousand shekels at the time he was arrested. The Shin Bet claims that during his interrogation, Khatib admitted that he transferred funds from Gaza to the West Bank with orders from a Hamas militant in Gaza, who was in charge of the coordination of transferring the funds. The Shin Bet also said that during his interrogation the dentist admitted to getting paid to drive Palestinians, who did not have permits, from Gaza to Israel on a daily basis. Khatib's attorney says he denies these claims.
According to the indictment, a Hamas member named Samir Turk, but known as "Abu Faruq," instructed Khatib how to transfer funds from Gaza to the West Bank. The indictment also noted that Turk is a known money man in the Gaza Strip who works on behalf of Hamas.
It was written in the indictment: "In light of the restriction of funding transfers from Israel to the Gaza Strip and vice versa, Hamas has used a tactic by which it uses Israeli citizens to transfer funds from Israel to the West Bank. Among other things, the Israelis would pick up funds from undocumented immigrants working in Israel and transfer them to Hamas members in the West Bank."
The indictment also shed light on how the funding was used. Hamas would reportedly determine how much of the funding would be transferred to the terror organization and how much would be given to families of illegal immigrants living in Gaza.
Khatib reportedly transferred funds on five occasions to various sources, all on Hamas orders and by phone contact with Turk. The indictment further states that Khatib would get a 1000 shekel commission for every transfer.
Jamil Khatib, Malik's father, said: "This is an inflated file. My son is a successful dentist and everyone knows him. He just transferred money to the families in the Weset Bank of people who work in Israel and not to Hamas. It is true the police warned him and asked him not to continue transferring funds to the West Bank, but he continued to do so because he was sure he was not breaking the law."
Israeli forces carried out multiple predawn detention raids in the
northern West Bank detaining five Palestinians from Jenin and villages
outside of Nablus.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that ten Israeli military vehicles stormed the Jenin refugee camp, ransacking several buildings before detaining Majdi Amjad Araqawi, 35, and Ayman Sami al-Rukh, 33. An Israeli army spokeswoman reported one detention in the camp overnight Monday, however had no information regarding the reason for the arrest at the time.
Seperately, Israeli military vehicles raided the villages of Beita south of Nablus and Tel in the west, detaining Audah Subih Hamayil, 35 from Beita and Khaldoun Abd al-Rahman Asida, 39 from Tel. Another was detained inside of Nablus, Palestinian security sources said, but has not yet been identified.
The Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an four Palestinians were detained from villages outside of Nablus for allegedly being Hamas activists.Israeli forces routinely conduct night raids of towns and villages throughout the West Bank. As of March 2015 the Israeli army was carring out an average of 75 raids a week on West Bank Palestinian neighborhoods and villages, according to Israeli news source Haaretz.Nablus and Jenin, like many cities and villages that endure night raids, are classified under the Oslo Accords as Area A, where the Palestinian Authority, not Israeli military, nominally has full civil and military authority.
Such raids generally result in detention of Palestinian residents, often under the pretext that the individual poses a threat to security. The majority of Palestinian political organizations are considered illegal by Israel for security reasons, including those that make of the PLO, and association with such parties is often used as grounds for imprisonment, according to Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer.
4 arrested during Israeli raid in Nablus
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nabbed at dawn Tuesday four Palestinians including three secondary school teachers from different parts of Nablus city.
Local sources told PIC reporter that secondary school teacher Khaldoun Assida, who served time in Israeli jails, was re-arrested Tuesday morning from his home in al-Tel town to the west of the city.
The 21-year-old Ayham Harbi was also detained at late hours yesterday when Israeli forces brutally stormed a barber shop in Aanbos town south of Nablus. Ayham was severely attacked and beaten during the arrest.
A second secondary school teacher was nabbed when Israeli forces violently broke into his home in Aqrba town.
Also in Nablus, IOF arrested ex-detainee Mohamed Jawda after confiscating his mobile phone and computer. Jawda who works as a teacher in a local secondary school in Kablan town was arrested several times in Israeli jails.
Along the same line, IOF deployed in large numbers throughout Hawara town to the south of the city and forcibly closed the local shops.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that ten Israeli military vehicles stormed the Jenin refugee camp, ransacking several buildings before detaining Majdi Amjad Araqawi, 35, and Ayman Sami al-Rukh, 33. An Israeli army spokeswoman reported one detention in the camp overnight Monday, however had no information regarding the reason for the arrest at the time.
Seperately, Israeli military vehicles raided the villages of Beita south of Nablus and Tel in the west, detaining Audah Subih Hamayil, 35 from Beita and Khaldoun Abd al-Rahman Asida, 39 from Tel. Another was detained inside of Nablus, Palestinian security sources said, but has not yet been identified.
The Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an four Palestinians were detained from villages outside of Nablus for allegedly being Hamas activists.Israeli forces routinely conduct night raids of towns and villages throughout the West Bank. As of March 2015 the Israeli army was carring out an average of 75 raids a week on West Bank Palestinian neighborhoods and villages, according to Israeli news source Haaretz.Nablus and Jenin, like many cities and villages that endure night raids, are classified under the Oslo Accords as Area A, where the Palestinian Authority, not Israeli military, nominally has full civil and military authority.
Such raids generally result in detention of Palestinian residents, often under the pretext that the individual poses a threat to security. The majority of Palestinian political organizations are considered illegal by Israel for security reasons, including those that make of the PLO, and association with such parties is often used as grounds for imprisonment, according to Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer.
4 arrested during Israeli raid in Nablus
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nabbed at dawn Tuesday four Palestinians including three secondary school teachers from different parts of Nablus city.
Local sources told PIC reporter that secondary school teacher Khaldoun Assida, who served time in Israeli jails, was re-arrested Tuesday morning from his home in al-Tel town to the west of the city.
The 21-year-old Ayham Harbi was also detained at late hours yesterday when Israeli forces brutally stormed a barber shop in Aanbos town south of Nablus. Ayham was severely attacked and beaten during the arrest.
A second secondary school teacher was nabbed when Israeli forces violently broke into his home in Aqrba town.
Also in Nablus, IOF arrested ex-detainee Mohamed Jawda after confiscating his mobile phone and computer. Jawda who works as a teacher in a local secondary school in Kablan town was arrested several times in Israeli jails.
Along the same line, IOF deployed in large numbers throughout Hawara town to the south of the city and forcibly closed the local shops.
The higher leading committee of Hamas prisoners said that two of its senior members entered their 15th year in Israeli jails.
In a press release, the committee stated that Mohamed Sabha and Mutassim Samaru, both from Tulkarem, entered their last year in prison.
It added that Sabha and Samaru had been arrested on May 4, 2001 near Shavei Shomorn settlement, north of Nablus, and sentenced later following days of physical and psychological torture to 15 years in jail on charges of their affiliation with al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and their attempt to carry out operations against Israeli targets.
In a press release, the committee stated that Mohamed Sabha and Mutassim Samaru, both from Tulkarem, entered their last year in prison.
It added that Sabha and Samaru had been arrested on May 4, 2001 near Shavei Shomorn settlement, north of Nablus, and sentenced later following days of physical and psychological torture to 15 years in jail on charges of their affiliation with al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and their attempt to carry out operations against Israeli targets.
4 may 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nabbed Monday evening three Palestinians for crossing the border fence to the east of Gaza Strip, while Israeli spy balloons were deployed over Gaza sea.
Local sources told Quds Press that three unarmed Palestinians were detained after crossing the border fence east of Rafah City to the south of Gaza Strip.
Israeli sources affirmed that the three detainees were nabbed near Karem Abu Salim border crossing and taken to an Israeli investigation center.
Since November 2014, more than 100 Palestinians were arrested for crossing the border fence looking for work opportunities within Palestinian territories occupied in 1948.
Meanwhile, Palestinian Interior Ministry said that Israeli drones launched Monday evening spy balloons into the air of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources told Quds Press that three unarmed Palestinians were detained after crossing the border fence east of Rafah City to the south of Gaza Strip.
Israeli sources affirmed that the three detainees were nabbed near Karem Abu Salim border crossing and taken to an Israeli investigation center.
Since November 2014, more than 100 Palestinians were arrested for crossing the border fence looking for work opportunities within Palestinian territories occupied in 1948.
Meanwhile, Palestinian Interior Ministry said that Israeli drones launched Monday evening spy balloons into the air of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has escalated its measures against Palestinian sick prisoners in Ramle prison clinic, lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society said.
The representative of sick prisoners in Ramle prison clinic Ratib Harbiyat told the lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society that the IPS measures include procrastination in improving prisoners’ detention conditions in addition to medical negligence leading to worsening of their health conditions.
The sick captives also complained about the narrow rooms they are held in and difficult movement especially that there are eight disabled prisoners using wheelchairs.
They also complained of poor food which is mostly served raw. Besides, the prisoners had to wash dishes in toilet as there is no sink in the section.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a statement, that there are 15 Palestinian sick captives held in Ramle prison clinic. They suffer from chronic and critical diseases in addition to serious injuries. Some of them are held in the clinic temporarily.
The representative of sick prisoners in Ramle prison clinic Ratib Harbiyat told the lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society that the IPS measures include procrastination in improving prisoners’ detention conditions in addition to medical negligence leading to worsening of their health conditions.
The sick captives also complained about the narrow rooms they are held in and difficult movement especially that there are eight disabled prisoners using wheelchairs.
They also complained of poor food which is mostly served raw. Besides, the prisoners had to wash dishes in toilet as there is no sink in the section.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a statement, that there are 15 Palestinian sick captives held in Ramle prison clinic. They suffer from chronic and critical diseases in addition to serious injuries. Some of them are held in the clinic temporarily.
A unit of Israeli policemen has recently been seen in the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque chasing Jerusalemite women and banning them from entering the holy site.
Salwa al-Ghazawi, a Jerusalemite woman and activist in defending the Aqsa Mosque from settlers' daily incursions, said that the policewomen chased a group of Jerusalemite women who were chanting Allahu Akbar confronting settlers who stormed the Mosque earlier.
“The Israeli policewomen grabbed us violently after reaching the Silsilah gate. They pushed us severely when we tried to go away,” she said.
Gazawi said the arrested women were taken to Qashaleh and Russian Compound investigation centers. Then, they were released in the evening to be brought to trials in the next day to be deported from the Aqsa Mosque for a period of 3-4 months.
A Jerusalemite woman called Sahar al-Natshah was exposed to a more savage attack by Israeli policewomen who attacked her on the roof of the Dome of the Rock during an incursion of Israeli MK Shuli Mualem into the Aqsa Mosque.
According to observers, recruiting Israeli policewomen to work in Occupied Jerusalem aims to intimidate the Jerusalemite women by beating them with batons, pushing them severely and removing their head covers.
Kidnapping Jerusalemite women from the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque has been a seriously dangerous phenomenon. The Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem daily arrest Palestinian women, detain their ID cards, and take pictures for them which prevents them from practicing their rights of worship.
Salwa al-Ghazawi, a Jerusalemite woman and activist in defending the Aqsa Mosque from settlers' daily incursions, said that the policewomen chased a group of Jerusalemite women who were chanting Allahu Akbar confronting settlers who stormed the Mosque earlier.
“The Israeli policewomen grabbed us violently after reaching the Silsilah gate. They pushed us severely when we tried to go away,” she said.
Gazawi said the arrested women were taken to Qashaleh and Russian Compound investigation centers. Then, they were released in the evening to be brought to trials in the next day to be deported from the Aqsa Mosque for a period of 3-4 months.
A Jerusalemite woman called Sahar al-Natshah was exposed to a more savage attack by Israeli policewomen who attacked her on the roof of the Dome of the Rock during an incursion of Israeli MK Shuli Mualem into the Aqsa Mosque.
According to observers, recruiting Israeli policewomen to work in Occupied Jerusalem aims to intimidate the Jerusalemite women by beating them with batons, pushing them severely and removing their head covers.
Kidnapping Jerusalemite women from the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque has been a seriously dangerous phenomenon. The Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem daily arrest Palestinian women, detain their ID cards, and take pictures for them which prevents them from practicing their rights of worship.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped 19 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, including twelve in Hebron, and 2 Palestinians near the Gaza border fence. Army claims wounding a Palestinian after trying to carry out a stabbing attack, in Jerusalem.
Head of the Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee, Amjad Abu ‘Asab, said the soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The soldiers broke into and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped Walid ‘Atiyya, 21, and Sufian Mahmoud, 23, Abu ‘Asab added.
They were moved to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center.
Also in Jerusalem, Israeli sources claimed security guards of the light-rail station shot and injured a Palestinian, reportedly carrying a knife and trying to stab Israelis, near the French Hill neighborhood.
The Palestinian is 23 years of age, from Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem.
The wounded man was moved to the Hadassah Ein Karem Israeli Hospital, in Jerusalem, suffering a moderate injury.
Soldiers also invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Luay Nayef Zboun, and Mohammad Khader Zreina, 17, after searching their families’ homes, causing property damage.
In addition, soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, including eight members the Rajabi family.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Rami Jamal Rajabi, ‘Ata Wajih Rajabi, Hamed Wajih Rajabi, Yassin Wahid Rajabi, Sa’ad ‘Ayed Rajabi, ‘Abbas Hashem Rajabi, Mohammad Fayez Rajabi, Nathmi Fahd al-‘Ajlouni, Fayez Abu Hitta, Qassem al-Karaki and Safwan Abu Sneina.
Most of the arrests, and home invasions, took place in Jabal Johar area, al-Kassara, Tareq Bin Ziad Junction, and Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the southern area of Hebron.
Soldiers also invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Khader Masalma, 21, after breaking into his home and searching it.
In related news, medical sources in Hebron said a young man, identified as Mohammad al-Hoor, 22 years of age, from Surif town, was injured and hospitalized, after falling while soldiers chased him.
In related news, Israeli military sources said the soldiers arrested two Palestinians from Gaza, after crossing the border fence.
On Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Rahim Ezzeddin Barbar, 17, from Jerusalem, after breaking into his family’s home by smashing the front door, and searched the property, causing excessive damage.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Rabea’ Salaeyya, 21, and his brother Hamza, after breaking into their home in Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Sunday soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Es’eed, 24, in ‘Anata town in Jerusalem, and attacked his family, including his underage brother, Tareq.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Sa’id Abu al-Hawa, 23, and Basel Khalil Sayyad, 24, have also been kidnaped in at-Tour town.
Head of the Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee, Amjad Abu ‘Asab, said the soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-‘Eesawiyya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The soldiers broke into and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped Walid ‘Atiyya, 21, and Sufian Mahmoud, 23, Abu ‘Asab added.
They were moved to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center.
Also in Jerusalem, Israeli sources claimed security guards of the light-rail station shot and injured a Palestinian, reportedly carrying a knife and trying to stab Israelis, near the French Hill neighborhood.
The Palestinian is 23 years of age, from Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem.
The wounded man was moved to the Hadassah Ein Karem Israeli Hospital, in Jerusalem, suffering a moderate injury.
Soldiers also invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Luay Nayef Zboun, and Mohammad Khader Zreina, 17, after searching their families’ homes, causing property damage.
In addition, soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, including eight members the Rajabi family.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Rami Jamal Rajabi, ‘Ata Wajih Rajabi, Hamed Wajih Rajabi, Yassin Wahid Rajabi, Sa’ad ‘Ayed Rajabi, ‘Abbas Hashem Rajabi, Mohammad Fayez Rajabi, Nathmi Fahd al-‘Ajlouni, Fayez Abu Hitta, Qassem al-Karaki and Safwan Abu Sneina.
Most of the arrests, and home invasions, took place in Jabal Johar area, al-Kassara, Tareq Bin Ziad Junction, and Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the southern area of Hebron.
Soldiers also invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Khader Masalma, 21, after breaking into his home and searching it.
In related news, medical sources in Hebron said a young man, identified as Mohammad al-Hoor, 22 years of age, from Surif town, was injured and hospitalized, after falling while soldiers chased him.
In related news, Israeli military sources said the soldiers arrested two Palestinians from Gaza, after crossing the border fence.
On Sunday, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Rahim Ezzeddin Barbar, 17, from Jerusalem, after breaking into his family’s home by smashing the front door, and searched the property, causing excessive damage.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Rabea’ Salaeyya, 21, and his brother Hamza, after breaking into their home in Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Sunday soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Es’eed, 24, in ‘Anata town in Jerusalem, and attacked his family, including his underage brother, Tareq.
Two more Palestinians, identified as Sa’id Abu al-Hawa, 23, and Basel Khalil Sayyad, 24, have also been kidnaped in at-Tour town.
